The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-27
HENDERSON, N. C..
1.-The Biggest Little Town in the Stlte''
First Impressions Of Big To-
baeco Brake.

Mr.. W. z. Morton. Jr., of Williamson,
Martin county, was here on.the 18th and
for the first time witnessed sale of tabac-
CO as it is sold loose on tile warehouse
floors. Il gentleman of acnte observation
1t Is not surprising that he was agreeably
impressed with what Inc saw and heard.
lie writes to the Washington, y. c.. Gu
Eette as follows on the subject:
lam in Henderson to-day, aud il Is the
biggest little town in the State To our
great delight and satisfaction it had on its
best dress; whether il was on account If
our visit, or from its usual way of doing,
we Will not say; however, She turned Ec,-
self loose, and rs Is often said was = Wide
open" The chief attraction was the to-
baccO break at
CoorER's WAREHOUSE,
which Is the largest here. The building
covers about one acre, and with it, Ware
houses, stables and rooms covers more than
block. A man that brings his tobacco
here may be assured of realizing the best
prices. Mr.; ID. \. Cooper the proprietor j.
one OF the wide-awake men of the town and
1t Is his special pleasure TO see that tire
staple brings it's full value. l Would SLY
here to all the people of Eastern Carolina
to ship the tobacco to Henderson,.
A special feature of ihe big t,haeco sale
here t,-day was the fact thai Mr.. Cooper.
had offered number Of .valaahie pre-
miumS for the several best grades of 10
bacco sold, he adopting this plan BY WAY
celebrating the opening of his ma;.lrlusti
new brick warehouse, just Completed.
You can imagine my pride ana pleasure
when learned that u e.
PITT COUNTY MAN,
Mr.. G. F. Evans, had won the first prize,
an elegant two-hurse wagon valued Mt 81.
Ills prize toabcco sold for Si.5o per pound.
wish | could trespaSs on your valuable
time i'm urging our farmers to plant tobacco
and let king cotton, their inevitable ruin,
have the same fate meted out tn him a Is
given to all despots. / can only refer
them to the sales of Mr.. Evans, WHO only
put 1000 pounds OH the market to-day and
1t averaged him over fifty cents per pound,
and he told me his best tobacco was at
home. You would do we'll, Mr.. Editor. to
devote part of Your paper 10 pleading
earnestly with our farmers 10 raise tobacco.
TOBACCO BREAK,
what Is it? For the first time in my life,
can tell your readers, a. | am sure n ma
jority of them were as ignorant as [. In
the first place you must imagine building
covering nearly as much ground as You,
opera house square, and its floors Covered
with piles of tobacco ranging from - To
500 pounds dozens of buyers representing
every country in the world and all ayaila-
BILE space crowded. 49, =:
AN AUCTIONEER,
that, like EanGuo's ghost, cannot he
dOwned his tongue Is as swift a light
ming, crying bids SO fast that none bat an
adept can understand, and immense piles
of tobacco moving as rapidly in every di-
fection to the various repositories and
prize houses, and these Immediately made
ready for shipment to all parts of the
world men going to the cashiers o.ficc
and filling their pockets with money AMI
then the stores Utterly damned with Gus
toners, and then you have some idea of a
break.
LII conclusion let me say, tell oar people
to raise t0baccO-they can do it. An eX-
perienced man I'm the business told HE to-
day that we could raise as COOL tobacco on
the lands on the Tar and Roanoke rivers
as any country I'm the world, and | am sure
from what saw to-day it is true.